Now that the first week of 2017 is officially over, let’s take a look back at some of 2016’s biggest load testing blunders. The story is familiar: a site experiences heavy load, they forgot to do performance testing, and then their site goes down. Here are a few examples to show you exactly why you should load test as we look at the biggest load testing blunders of 2016. 8. The Hamilton Ticket Lottery The popular BroadwayRead More →
From the Open Source Load Testing presentation http://www.slideshare.net/richardfriedman/open-source-load-testing Obligatory list of load failures Pope Visit Fail for Septa: http://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/07/20/septa-suspends-pope-pass-sales-technical-difficulties/ HealthCare.gov: too many links… here is a google search https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=HealthCare.gov+fail Your story – we have all had one. And as we start the tick up towards holiday season and soon to start the code freeze phase we are reminded work through our checklist. In a good review post at gotgroove.com #1 on that list should be stress testing. For most, the priority ofRead More →